Euchirinae is a
subfamily of
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
or scarab beetles in the superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing r ...
. They are sometimes referred to as "long-armed scarabs" due to the elongated forelegs of the males. These long legs often have median and apical spines that are fixed in the male while females have a movable terminal spine.
They are sometimes included in Subfamily
Melolonthinae
Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains over 11,000 species in over 750 genera. Some authors include the scarab subfamilies Euchirina ...
as
Tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
Euchirini.
Genera and species
This subfamily contains 3 genera with 16 species:
* ''
Cheirotonus''
Hope, 1840 (10 species)
** ''
Cheirotonus battareli''
Pouillaude, 1913
** ''
Cheirotonus formosanus''
Ohaus, 1913
** ''
Cheirotonus fujiokai''
Muramoto, 1994
** ''
Cheirotonus gestroi''
Pouillaude, 1913
** ''
Cheirotonus jambar''
Kurosawa, 1984
** ''
Cheirotonus jansoni''
Jordan, 1898
** ''
Cheirotonus macleayi''
Hope, 1840
** ''
Cheirotonus parryi''
Gray, 1848
** ''
Cheirotonus peracanus''
Kriesche, 1919
** ''
Cheirotonus szetshuanus''
Medvedev, 1960
* ''
Propomacrus''
Newman, 1837 (4 species)
** ''
Propomacrus bimucronatus''
Pallas, 1781
** ''
Propomacrus cypriacus''
Alexis & Makris 2002
** ''
Propomacrus davidi''
Deyrolle, 1874
** ''
Propomacrus muramotoae''
Fujioka, 2007
* ''
Euchirus''
Linnaeus, 1758 (2 species)
** ''
Euchirus dupontianus''
Burmeister, 1841
** ''
Euchirus longimanus''
Linnaeus, 1758
One fossil species ''
C. otai'' has been described from Japan.
References
External links
www.goliathus.cz
Scarabaeidae
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